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In a world-wide poll conducted to find Britain’s greatest figure, Sir Isaac Newton came top of the list. This illustrated lecture, given by OCNT Member and Mathematician Professor Robin Wilson, covers his life and his mathematical and scientific labours… (click title for more)
Cotswold Lodge Hotel in Banbury Road, Oxford will provide us with afternoon tea including assorted sandwiches, scones with jam and cream, cakes and tea or coffee. This is a great chance to meet up with old friends and make new ones!
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Taking place at Magdalen College Auditorium, 11am. Non-members welcome! Hilary Jarvis, Assistant National Conservator at the National Trust leading on Integrated Pest Management for Collections, describes how they monitor pests in National Trust houses... (click title for more)
A rare gem of a Jacobean country house, Chastleton was built between 1607 and 1612 by the prosperous wool merchant, Walter Jones. It was owned by the same increasingly impoverished family until 1991... (click title for more)
A group visit, booked via OCNT, to Oxford Playhouse to see an uplifting performance by Oxford Operatic Society of Evita with an option for pre-theatre supper at 6pm. Members welcome to bring a friend.
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Our Lecturer is Simon Hiscock, Director of Oxford Botanic Garden and Harcourt Arboretum, Professor of Botany in the Dept of Plant Sciences at Oxford University. He writes: “Oxford Botanic Garden is the oldest botanic garden in Britain and one of the oldest in the world... (click title for more)
Drop in at any time to suit you and bring your coffee or tea to join other OCNT members at a table to chat informally.
The Roman Baths were not discovered until the late nineteenth century, but in recent years interpretive displays and film projections have been installed to tell us about the people who visited the great Roman religious spa of Aquae Sulis…. (click title for more)
Coffee/tea served from 10.20am. Annual General Meeting at 10.45am. Lecture at 11am. Non-members welcome. Rebekah Hodgkinson is a PhD student in Archaeology at the University of Oxford in collaboration with the National Trust... (click title for more)
We offer a short but attractive guided country walk from Bradenham, home of Disraeli's parents; and then a longer woodland walk at Hughenden of up to 5 miles for those keen to walk further... (click title for more)
Drop in at any time to suit you and bring your coffee or tea to join other OCNT members at a table to chat informally.
Staying in a hotel in Plymouth, visits are planned to Kingston Lacey, Buckland Abbey, Cotehele, Saltram and Killerton, all National Trust properties, many reminding us of the Tudor seafaring history of the area.
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There will be a short walk from the Visitor Centre at Stowe towards Stowe Castle; and then a walk right around the Stowe Parkland (going beyond the School) of up to 5 miles... (click title for more)
Nearly 2,000 years ago, the Romans settled in the Cotswolds and Cirencester became the second city in Roman Britain. Many Roman villas have been discovered in this area, Chedworth is the most significant. This day trip offers an opportunity to learn more about this fascinating local Romano British civilisation... (click title for more)
We will take long and short walks along the Thames on the National Trust's Buscot estate: the shorter of not more than 2 miles towards Lechlade, the longer taking in Kelmscott... (click title for more)
Drop in at any time to suit you and bring your coffee or tea to join other OCNT members at a table to chat informally.
Delapré Abbey, on the outskirts of Northampton, was built in 1145 as a Cluniac nunnery – the Abbey of St Mary de la Pré. Today’s beautiful walled garden is thought to be the nuns' burial ground. In 1538 Delapré Abbey surrendered to the crown as part of the Dissolution of the Monasteries... (click title for more)